Ten years ago, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Ph.D., joined the University of Pittsburgh as a research associate. Today, as an associate professor of human genetics at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health, Dr. Kamboh leads some of the university's most important research on genetics and human disease.
Dr. Kamboh earned his doctorate in human genetics in 1984 from the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Prior to his post-graduate study, Dr. Kamboh earned bachelor and master of science degrees from the University of the Punjab in Pakistan, his native country.
Currently, Dr. Kamboh is principal investigator or co-investigator of seven grants, six of which are funded by the National Institutes of Health, totalling more than $5 million. While a major research interest of Dr. Kamboh's is Alzheimer's disease and dementia, much of his research focuses on genetic epidemiology and cardiovascular disease.
A member of several professional and scientific societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Human Genetics, Dr. Kamboh is also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
Dr. Kamboh has authored or co-authored more than 100 scholarly publications and given more than 85 abstracts and presentations at scientific meetings throughout the world.
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